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Textile Restoration Specialists Partner with “Extreme Makeover”
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“, a hit show on ABC-TV. Four years later, CRDN has participated in 87 episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims [...]
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How Green Roofs Are Changing Insurance Claims
Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a senior engineer with Dallas-based Haag Engineering, specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Gilvary says claims professionals need to keep up with how green technology, including vegetative rooftops, and new building standards are changing the [...]
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Growing Insurance Coverage for Trees, Shrubs and Landscapes
With a database of nearly a million wholesale base prices of horticultural assets and a nationwide network of certified arborists and licensed and insured tree crews, Horticultural Asset Management Inc. specializes in helping insurers come up with the replacement cost for lost trees, shrubs and other landscape assets. In this interview with Claims Journal, HMI [...]
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Continuing Education for Claims Adjusters
With over 600 courses and 24/7 access online, Vale Training Solutions provides quality instructors to anyone desiring improved job skills or a change of careers. In this interview with Claims Journal, Vale Training Solutions president Jon McCreath explains the qualifications for his school, the advantages of online training, and what he thinks about the current [...]
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Using Social Media as a Tool for Business
The ability to share information quickly and easily has made the growing craze over social media the perfect tool in making a business more accessible and convenient. At a recent claims conference in Las Vegas, Claims Journal Spoke with a few claims professionals about the useful ways in which social media is being used [...]
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Turning Challenges into Opportunities
The current state of the economy poses many challenges to the claims industry, but in order to grow, you must first learn how to adapt with the times. At a recent claims conference in Las Vegas, Claims Journal spoke with some of the claims professionals about the challenges they see facing their business.
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Effects of the Recession on the Claims Industry
The current state of the economy has affected those in the claims industry in ways that may be surprising, but not far-fetched. At a recent claims conference in Las Vegas, Claims Journal talked with several in the claims industry about how the recession has affected their business.
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The Role of Technology in the Claims Industry
the move towards technology has created an urgency with most in the claims industry to keep up with the changes in order to maintain in a new work environment. At a recent claims conference in Las Vegas, Claims Journal interviewed several professionals about how they saw technology integrating with their business.
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Economy Puts Ethical Pressures on Agents
The economic recession is affecting all main street businesses, and has led to an increase in insurance fraud. In this exclusive interview with Insurance Journal at the 2009 National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Fraud Training Seminar, Senior Special Agent Mike McKee of the National Insurance Crime; Director of Government Affairs Howard Goldblatt of the [...]
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Fraud Trends To Watch Out For
The National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates that approximately $20 billion is lost to insurance fraud every year. NICB Senior Special Agent Mike McKee talks about new fraud trends his agency has seen, in part as a result of the economic downturn.
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States Fight Insurance Fraud
Fighting insurance fraud is a job that falls on state insurance departments. In this exclusive interview, Howard Goldblatt, director of government affairs for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, talks about states’ efforts to fight fraud, and the need for national fraud standards.
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Agents Can Assist in Fighting Fraud
Independent agents can help in the fight against insurance fraud, according to speakers at the 2009 National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Fraud Training Seminar. In this exclusive interview with Insurance Journal, Fraud Bureau Chief Cindy Schmell of the Iowa Division of Insurance and Anti-Fraud Division Director Ted Clark of the Kansas Department of Insurance [...]
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Even in ‘Soft Markets’ E&S Industry Shines
Tom Mulligan, executive vice president of Western World Insurance Company, talked with Insurance Journal’s Chris Boggs about the soft market and the continued importance of excess and surplus lines carriers and brokers. Mulligan relates the differences between this soft market compared to past soft markets pointing out that no two are ever alike; but, just [...]
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NRRA Legislation Important but Doubtful in 2008
Excess and surplus lines brokers have long been subjected to confusing tax regulations sometimes leading to their unintentional violation of state laws. Tom Mulligan, executive vice president of Western World Insurance Company, sat down with Insurance Journal’s Chris Boggs to discuss how the Non-admitted and Reinsurance and Reform Act of 2007 would fix these problem [...]
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Times of Boom and Bust
The property/casualty industry has its times of boom and bust. How are surplus lines brokers in particular affected by this and what can they do to remain profitable? E.G. Lassiter, chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based RSUI Group Inc., answers that and other questions in this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrea Wells at the recent National [...]
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Textile Restoration Specialists Partner with “Extreme Makeover”
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“, a hit show on ABC-TV. Four years later, CRDN has participated in 87 episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims [...]
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How Green Roofs Are Changing Insurance Claims
Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a senior engineer with Dallas-based Haag Engineering, specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Gilvary says claims professionals need to keep up with how green technology, including vegetative rooftops, and new building standards are changing the [...]
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Growing Insurance Coverage for Trees, Shrubs and Landscapes
With a database of nearly a million wholesale base prices of horticultural assets and a nationwide network of certified arborists and licensed and insured tree crews, Horticultural Asset Management Inc. specializes in helping insurers come up with the replacement cost for lost trees, shrubs and other landscape assets. In this interview with Claims Journal, HMI [...]
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How Green Roofs Are Changing Insurance Claims
Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a senior engineer with Dallas-based Haag Engineering, specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Gilvary says claims professionals need to keep up with how green technology, including vegetative rooftops, and new building standards are changing the [...]
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Growing Insurance Coverage for Trees, Shrubs and Landscapes
With a database of nearly a million wholesale base prices of horticultural assets and a nationwide network of certified arborists and licensed and insured tree crews, Horticultural Asset Management Inc. specializes in helping insurers come up with the replacement cost for lost trees, shrubs and other landscape assets. In this interview with Claims Journal, HMI [...]
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Textile Restoration Specialists Partner with “Extreme Makeover”
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“, a hit show on ABC-TV. Four years later, CRDN has participated in 87 episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims [...]
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Continuing Education for Claims Adjusters
With over 600 courses and 24/7 access online, Vale Training Solutions provides quality instructors to anyone desiring improved job skills or a change of careers. In this interview with Claims Journal, Vale Training Solutions president Jon McCreath explains the qualifications for his school, the advantages of online training, and what he thinks about the current [...]
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